DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2000
Court Decisions
Last updated on July 14,
2000
Documents in the News identifies issues about
government making news headlines
and web sources with
additional information. The stories included and opinions
expressed
by a web link do not necessarily represent the viewpoints
of this webmaster or The University of
Michigan.
Broken System: Error Rates in Capital
Cases
- Report issued by the Columbia University Justice Project on June 12
- Known as the Liebman Study
- Shows that 68% of death penalty verdicts were thrown out when appealed
- 7% of cases were let go
- Predominant cause is poor defense lawyers
- Rates states on death penalty errors
Capital
Punishment Statistics (BJS)
- National data on executions since 1930 and current prisoners on
death row
- State by state executions for last 30 years and state law
- Race and sex data, reasons for execution
- Various formats: text, pdf, and spreadsheet
Death Penalty Information
Center
- Reports on death penalty issues, such as deterrence, life imprisonment
- Compares states on death row inmates and executions by race; type of
execution; minimum age; types of crime
Pro Death Penalty
- Articles and news supporting the death penalty
- Links to articles against the death penalty
- Statistics on the costs
Texas Death
Row Statistics
- Official web site of the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice
- Names of persons on death row, birthdates and race
- Those no longer on death row and reason
- Scheduled executions
- Last meal requests, media witness lists
- Death row facts, including execution process
Background
- Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez was rescued at sea on Thanksgiving 1999
- Mother and other Cuban refugees were drowned
- Battle ensued over custody and his return to Cuba
- He was seized from his Miami home by the Justice Department on April
22, 2000 and returned to his father
Seizure on April 22,
2000
- ABC
News
- Live coverage of seizure aftermath
- Text of court ruling
- Circuit
Court Decision
- Decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Demands that Elian Gonzalez remain in United States while custody
being determined
- CNN News
Coverage
- Pictures of raid
- Timeline of negotiations
- Department
of Justice
- Statements by the Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization
Service, and court rulings on the Elian Case
Cubaweb
- Latest news in English
- Speeches of Fidel Castro on subject appear under
Government and Politics, Discursos de Fidel
- Spanish and English
Immigration
and Naturalization Service
- Judgment of January 5, 2000 that boy should be returned to his father
in Cuba by January 14
Miami
Herald
- Initial news report of Elian's rescue
- Links to continuing coverage of custody battle and Miami protests
Family
Court Ruling (CNN)
- Judge Rosa Rodriguez of Family Court ruled on January 10 that Elian's
great uncle Lazaro Gonzalez should have temporary custody
- Hearing expected on March 6; Elian's father ordered to attend
- Partial audio of ruling
U.S.-Cuba
Relations (State Dept)
- U.S. policy toward Cuba and related laws
- Assessment of human rights
- Migration policy
Supreme
Court Decision (Cornell)
- Supreme Court decided that the Food and Drug Administration could
not regulate tobacco like a drug
- Decision written by Sandra Day O'Connor
- Also includes syllabus and dissenting opinion
FDA
Regulations
- The FDA's original attempt to regulate tobacco appeared in the
Federal Register on August 28, 1996, pp. 44396-45318
- To search the Federal Register on the web,
limit the year to 1996, the date to on
08/28/1996, the type of
publication to Rules and Regulations and the
keyword to FDA
Troxel v.
Granville
- Supreme Court decision of June 5, 2000
- Grandparents do not have right to sue for visitation
- Final authority rests with parents
Pegram v.
Herdrich
- Disallows lawsuits in federal courts against Health Maintenance
Organizations for failure to act or providing physicians' with incentives
to save money
- HMOs may still be sued in state courts
Monopoly Ruling
Original Lawsuit
- Lawsuit to prevent Microsoft from distributing Windows98 with
bundled Internet Explorer in June 1998
- Complaint from Justice Department and 20 states
Competition and
Innovation in the Digital Age
- Text of prepared statements before the Senate Judiciary Committee on
July 23, 1998
- Includes representatives of Oracle, LOTUS, Sybase, and Real Networks
FindLaw
- Text of all complaints, petititions and court orders on Microsoft
since 1994
- Links to interested parties
- Its Newswire has daily
legal news on the case
Justice
Department
- Text of complaint and briefs filed May 18, 1998
- Three additional cases against Microsoft since 1995
Market Power and
Structural Change in the Software Industry
- Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 3, 1998
- Includes the prepared statements of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as
well as representatives from Netscape, Sun, and Dell
Microsoft
- Microsoft filings in the antitrust case and corporate press
releases
Christian
Science Monitor
- Defines tobacco, campaign finance, aid to parochial schools, and
racial factor in voting as issues
- Article dated October 4, 1999
Law
News - Article of September 24, 1999
- Discusses cases before the 1999 session and legal ramifications
Cornell Law
School
- Court calendar for the 1999 session
- List of cases and the central questions to be decided
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University of Michigan Library
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